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0. E. BROOKS. COPY HOLDER FOR TYPE WRITER$, 620.

No. 595,140. Patented Dec, 7,1897.

UNiTien STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. BROOKS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COPY-HOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITERS, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,140, dated December'7, 1897.

Application filed April 16, 1897. Serial No. 632,4 l6. (No model.)Patented in England October 28, 1886,11'0. 24,043-

vide an improved means for holding a sheet or number of sheets ofmanuscript or other writing or printing while being copied from by atype-writer operator or being set up in type bya compositor, wherebytime and labor are saved and mistakes avoided.

My invention will be understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same lettersthroughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved copy-holder. Fig. 2represents a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a section, taken on the line 3 in Fig. 1, across thecopy-rest; and Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the reel used in windingthe cord which moves the line-marker.

The copy-holder is in the form of a stand having a base A, an uprightstandard B, and an inclined copy-rest O.

The base Ais composed, preferably, of castiron or some other heavymaterial, so as to hold the stand against being accidentally upset. Inthe center of this base-piece A a square recess a is formed from beneathand extends but partially through the said basepiece, while a smallercircular opening a is formed from above and communicates about midway ofthe thickness of said base-piece with the said square opening a therein.A nut having a squared body A, adapted to fit the opening a, and areduced cylindrical portion A fits into these openings in the saidbase-piece A from beneath, and the screwthreaded shank h on the lowerend of the standard B screws into said nut, thus holding the said shanksecurely and rigidly upon the base A.

The standard 13 is bifurcated near its lower end, as at B and a pulley Bis mounted in said bifurcation for guiding the cord D, as hereinaftermore fully described.

The upper end of the standard B is beveled, as shown at b in Fig. 2, andupon this beveled portion of the upper end of said standard the inclinedcopy-rest is secured as shown in Fig. 2 or in any other convenientmanner.

In the center of the body portion 0 of the copy-rest is formed adovetailed groove C and in each side edge is formed a straight groove 0as seen most clearly in Fig. 3. An extensible frame composed of adovetailed strip 0, which engages and slides in the (love tailed groove0 and a pair of outer strips G which engage and slide in the outergrooves o 0 connected at their upper ends-by a crosshead C ismountedupon the copy-rest O, and is held at the desired adjustment bymeans of a clamping-screw c, which is adapted to bear upon the centralstrip 0', as seen in Fig. 2. By means of this extensible frame thecopy-rest maybe adjusted in length to accommodate sheets of variouslengths, as will be obvious.

A strip or foot-piece C is mounted upon the lower edge of the eopy'restC for the lower edges of the sheets to rest upon, and is preferablyprovided with a plurality of angular fingers 0 which extend upwardlyover the copy-rest C and prevent the accidental displacement of theupper sheets and assist in holding the copy securely. A pair of arms E Eare rigidly mounted upon this foot-piece O and between these arms ismounted a reel E, which may be turned by means of a crank e. Acoil-spring E having a spring-arm E thereon, is mounted between thesearms E E, and the said spring-arm bears upon a toothed wheel e fast onthe shaft of the reel E, and serves as a brake to retard the rotation ofthe said reel.

A flexible cord D is secured at one end to the reel E and is passedbeneath and around the pulley B in the bifurcation B of the standard 13,and thence upward through guides d d 61 upon the back of the stand, andforward over and around a second pulley D, mounted upon the cross head Cand thence downward along the face of the strip 0 and copy-rest O and isconnected to a wire loop H, which carries the roller H. This roller H ispreferably composed of a hollow shell, which is filled with shot orother suitable weighty substance h, and has a wire I passing looselytherethrough upon which the said roller may turn and to which the end ofthe said loop H is connected, as seen in Fig. 1. This roller, however,may be cast solid, if desired.

The ends of the wire I are bent downwardly and are connected to theline-indicator I, which latter is carried thereby. This lineindicator 1is composed of a pair of straight parallel tubes 1' '5, connected ashort distance from each other and parallel to each other by strips 11soldered upon said tubes, the length of said tubes being equal to thewidth of the copy-rest O. A pair of right-angle frames I I composed ofwires 2' t the ends of which wires fit easily into the ends of the saidtubes, as seen in Fig. l, are provided to allow the said line-indicatorto be extended to accommodate sheets of varying widths.

The operation of my device is as follows: The extensible frame isadjusted by means of the clamping-screw c to suit the length of thesheet or sheets to be copied from, and the angular wire frames 1 1 areadjusted to suit the width of the said sheet or sheets. The sheet orsheets are then laid upon the copyrest 0 in the usual manner, the rollerHand the line-indicator I resting upon the face of the upper sheet. Thesaid roller and the line-indicator are then wound up to the top of thesheet by means of the reel Eand cord D and the said line-indicatoradjusted to mark the first line. As the copying progresses the reel E isturned, by means of the crank e, to mark each successive line to thebottom of the page, when the roller and indicator are again wound up tothe top of the sheet. The weight of the roller H will cause the saidroller, and with it the line-indicator, to descend as the cord D isunwound from the reel, as will be obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a copy-holder, a line-indicator consisting of two parallel tubes,wires bent at right angles and secured in said tubes, a heavy roller,wires connecting said tubes and roller and a wire loop loosely fastenedto the axis of said roller, in combination with means connected to saidloop to hold said indicator in any desired position, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a copy-holder, the combination with a centrally-aperturedstandard; an extensible copy-rest; guide-pulleys mounted upon saidstandard and said copy-rest; and a winding-reel mounted upon the lowerend of said copy-rest; of a line-indicator having extensible end framesthereon bent at right angles thereto; a heavy roller connected to saidlineindicator; and a cord passing from said winding-reel around saidguide-pulleys and connected to the axis of said roller, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a copy-holder, the combination with a centrally aperturedstandard; a pulley mounted in said aperture; an extensible copyrestmounted upon said standard; a guidepulley mounted upon the upper portionof said copy-rest; and a winding-reel mounted upon the lower portion ofsaid copy-rest; of a longitudinally-extensible line-indicator; a rollerconnected to said lineindicator; and a cord passing from saidwinding-reel around said guide-pulleys and connected to the axis of saidroller, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHAS. E. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

I. S. WILKINSON, P. LovELL. II. OANNING.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 595,140, grantedDecember 7, 1897 upon the application of Charles E. Brooks, ofBirmingham, England, for an improvement in Copy-Holders forType-Writers, an error appears requiring correction, as follows: TheEnglish patent previously obtained for the said invention is erroneouslydescribed in the printed heading of the specification as October 28,1886, No, 24,043, Whereas it should have been described as October 28,18.96, No. 24,043; and that the said Letters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that the same may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 15th day of February, A. D.,1898.

[sEAn] WEBSTER DAVIS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Gountersigned:

A. P. GREELEY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

